CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.0. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2008-7247
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6
EPSS
1.77%
Original NVD Description
sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.